INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana - The Vikings women's golf team finished in fourth place in the Lady Jaguar Invitational on Tuesday. The Green and White finished 24 strokes ahead of fifth place Northern Kentucky, while only 11 strokes behind third place Purdue Fort Wayne,
QUOTE TO NOTE
"It was great to see Maddie Butler follow up her first round with a solid second round, resulting in a third place finish. As a team, we continued to improve. We still need to clean a few things up these next few weeks, but the best time of the year is approaching and we will be up for the challenge!" - Head Coach Taylor Riggs
THE TOURNAMENT
Cleveland State was led by Madison Butler who finished the tournament in third place. The senior ended the Lady Jaguar Invitational shooting five-over-par (74-75, 149). Butler's 74 on Monday marked a season-low for an individual round.
Kaylee Neumeister (82-79, 161) and Meg Rossouw (82-79, 161) both finished tied for 19th overall. The pair of Vikes jumped up two spots on the leaderboard, after finishing Monday tied for 21st. Both Neumeuster and Rossouw notched a birdie on the back nine on Tuesday.
Lexi Knight dropped a few spots, finishing tied for 27th overall and 22-over-par (80-86, 166). Ashley Knight finished three spots behind her sister Lexi in 30th place, tallying a three-stroke improvement from Monday to Tuesday (85-82, 167).
Rounding out the Vikes on the leaderboard was Olivia Swain who finished 36th overall (84-92, 176).
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1) Butler: 308-293, 601 (+25)
2) IUPUI: 301-304, 605 (+29)
3) Purdue Fort Wayne: 315-307, 622 (+46)
4) Cleveland State: 318-315, 633 (+57)
5) Northern Kentucky: 333-324, 657 (+81)
CLEVELAND STATE LEADERBOARD
3) Madison Butler: 74-75, 149 (+5)
T19) Kaylee Neumeister: 82-79, 161 (+17)
T19) Meg Rossouw: 82-79, 161 (+17)
T27) Lexi Knight: 80-86, 166 (+22)
30) Ashley Knight: 85-82, 167 (+23)
36) Olivia Swain: 84-92, 176 (+32)
